Iron Man's Albinism Observation Log [Western Crossover]

After the Spider-Man from the third parallel world told her that

Iron Man, the late superhero, shouldn't have continued Stark's arms projects or sold the Extremis virus,

that Luthor shouldn't have become president, and that mutants shouldn't be subjected to intense surveillance,

before telling her that the story of her world was all wrong,

Mia finally realized that her Iron Can might be a villain.

This villainous Iron Can seemed intent on cutting her off from the outside world,

trying to deceive her forever with an illusion.

But he didn't know that Mia had already seen everything in another parallel universe,

and learned the truth she was supposed to know.

Mia could swear on her conscience that the first time she met this Iron Man,

he was warm red from the inside out.

But a month later,

the guy who came to pick her up again had turned silver-white inside and out.

Then this guy, who had almost failed to recognize her,

said he would become his counterpart in the other world: her guardian.

The corrupted Iron Can said

there was no game more entertaining than

making the innocent fall into depravity,

clipping the wings of the free,

and staining the pure with darkness.

But from beginning to end, Mia was still Mia.

The first time Mia met the tin can, it wasn't white yet.

The red tin can plunged headfirst into a swamp, carrying a broken heart.

The second time Mia met the tin can, he had already turned white.

The third time Mia met the tin can wasn't in her own world.

He picked her up dismissively

and said he would repay her for helping him in the past.

And the way he repaid her was to

keep Mia as his little pet.

Mia wondered what kind of new breed of scumbag this was.

Even pets fight back eventually.

Reading guide:

1. Corrupted Iron Can (or maybe whitewashed?), not the White Iron Can. This is a corrupted version of the character.

2. Mia and Iron Man aren't from the same universe, and there's a time difference. Their age gap will be adjusted as needed.

3. This is a story about a hunter who gets caught instead.

4. The timeline is heavily altered to fit the plot. Any OOC characterization is my fault.

Theme: Melt steel with compassion.